17 July 2004 Saturday 28 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 KARACHI: Residential schemes to be completed soon - Ibad KARACHI, July 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that all the residential schemes lying abandoned would be completed on priority basis so that low and middle class people could have their own residences. ... KARACHI: Compensation to blast victims still pending KARACHI, July 16: Sindh home minister Rauf Siddiqi has assured the Jafaria Alliance Pakistan that efforts are being made for an early payment of compensation as announced by the federal and provincial governments ... KARACHI: Power failures in many areas KARACHI, July 16: Many areas of the city remained in the grip of prolonged power breakdowns on Friday, while the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation made no effort to ensure uninterrupted supply to its consumers. ... KARACHI: Jehanabad besieged to flush out gangsters - House-to-house search on KARACHI, July 16: Police on Friday launched a major operation in Jehanabad, Old Golimar, which has become a stronghold of Arshad Pappu, ring-leader of a notorious gang. A siege of the entire locality was also laid in the afternoon. ... KARACHI: 72 teams to monitor working of schools KARACHI, July 16: At least 72 monitoring teams would be set up to check and verify education sector reforms. The teams would look into the affairs of school management committees, supply of textbooks, scholarship cheques and other grants and funds. ... KARACHI: Proactive approach to end stress suggested KARACHI, July 16: Dr Atiya, a scholar of Islamic teachings, taking stock of rampant contradictions in Pakistani society leading to discontentment, has underscored the need for a proactive approach among all segments. ... KARACHI: Rain emergency plan for DHA, Clifton finalized KARACHI, July 16: Rain emergency plan for the areas of Defence Housing Authority and Clifton Cantonment Board has been finalized to meet any emergency in case of heavy rains during the forthcoming monsoon season. ... KARACHI: Environment study for mega projects proposed - Moot on Indus delta ends KARACHI, July 16: All projects and schemes, particularly of mega nature like Coastal Highway and Coconut and Shrimp Farming, should be commissioned only after carrying out comprehensive environment studies ... KARACHI: Nurses' stipend increased KARACHI, July 16: Sindh government has increased the stipend amount for nurses from Rs1,500 to Rs3,000 per month, as being paid in other provinces. ... KARACHI: Police given last chance to file charge-sheets KARACHI, July 16: Judge Syed Aley Maqbool Rizvi of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Karachi on Friday gave investigating officers a last chance for submitting final charge sheets against the activists of Jundullah ... KARACHI: Monsoon likely late this month KARACHI, July 16: The summer monsoon is likely to set in towards the end of the month. This was stated by the director-general of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Dr Qamaruzzaman Chaudhury, while talking to Dawn on Wednesday. ... KARACHI: Wind energy project to be set up KARACHI, July 16: The Sindh chief secretary, Aslam Sanjrani, has said that development of energy sources and health infrastructure, promotion of education, repair and expansion of roads are included among the priorities ... KARACHI: Several localities without water KARACHI, July 16: An acute water shortage continues to persist in various parts of the city for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday. ... KARACHI: Young man dies in mysterious circumstances KARACHI, July 16: Police claimed to have found a seriously injured youth in Gulshan-i-Iqbal late on Thursday night, who died on his way to hospital. ... KARACHI: 10 adult literacy centres set up in Lyari KARACHI, July 16: The Literate Pakistan Foundation, in collaboration with the Sui Southern Gas Company, has set up 10 adult literacy centres in Lyari. ... ISLAMABAD: SC upholds LHC verdict in nazims' removal case ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed 48 identical appeals against a Lahore High Court ruling that upheld the removal of several Nazims and Naib Nazims of different union and Tehsil councils in the Punjab province. ... ISLAMABAD: CBR asked to allow re-export of gold ISLAMABAD, July 16: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), Justice (retired) Saleem Akhtar, has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to allow re-export of gold bangles brought by a complainant in his luggage. ... LAHORE: Water storage short of expectations LAHORE, July 16: The current rivers' flow, though meeting requirements of the country at present, cannot meet the storage needs and there may be unbearable water pressure during the next Rabi season. ... LAHORE: PU campus still under police control LAHORE, July 16: The Punjab University's old and new campuses remained under the police control on Friday. No unpleasant situation arose, except protest by a small group of students outside the Islamia College ... LAHORE: Pervaiz orders arrest of gangs of robbers LAHORE, July 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi directed police on Friday to activate the entire force for the arrest of gangs robing people and lifting cars and cattle. ... LAHORE: Man arrested with 2.6kg heroin LAHORE, July 16: The Punjab Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday arrested an alleged drug-runner from the airport and claimed to have seized 2.6 kilogramme heroin. ... LAHORE: Law to protect children's rights LAHORE, July 16: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has said the government is keen to prepare implementable legislation for protection of children's rights. ... LAHORE: First heavy monsoon rain in Lahore LAHORE, July 16: The city received the first heavy monsoon rain coupled with a windstorm on Friday morning. The rain started at around 6am, and it inundated almost all city streets during its one-and-a-half hour duration. ... PESHAWAR: Six policemen among 12 injured in clash PESHAWAR, July 16: Six villagers and six police officials, including an SP and a DSP, were injured in a clash between a mob and law-enforcement personnel in the Badhber area on the outskirts of the city on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: 1,000 doctors in NWFP await regularization PESHAWAR, July 16: Successive provincial governments have not regularized the services of more than 1,000 doctors employed on contract basis. The NWFP government appointed 1,200 doctors, including dental surgeons, in 1995 on contract. ... HARIPUR: Haripur council passes budget amid walkout - Nazim accused of neglecting 12 UCs HARIPUR, July 16: The Haripur tehsil council on Friday approved the 2004-05 budget amid a walkout and sit-in by opposition members. The council met with Mohammad Amin Khan in the chair. ... HARIPUR: 100 community boards set up, says MNA HARIPUR, July 16: Omar Ayub Khan, MNA, has said that Community Citizen Boards (CCB) would play a significant role in ensuring devolution of power to the grass-root level ... PESHAWAR: Rs260m budget for Peshawar Town-1 PESHAWAR, July 16: The nazim of the Peshawar Town Council-I on Friday presented a tax-free surplus budget for the fiscal year 2004-05, envisaging an estimated revenue of over Rs260.3 million and expenditure of over Rs259.4 million. ... PESHAWAR: Demand for service structure PESHAWAR, July 16: The NWFP Paramedical Association will protest against what it termed the government's delaying tactics regarding the sanctioning of their service structure, says a press release. ... HYDERABAD: Boys excel in Hyderabad SSC exams HYDERABAD, July 16: The Hyderabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education here on Friday announced the result of the Secondary School Certificate Part-II (General Group) annual examination 2004 held in March. ... HYDERABAD: Supply of safe water urged HYDERABAD, July 16: A large number of residents of the Frontier Colony, SITE Area, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday to protest against supply of polluted water to the colony. ... LARKANA: 'Students to get books after vacations' LARKANA, July 16: The district officer, elementary education, said on Thursday that students of class I to V would receive free textbooks after summer vacations. ... HYDERABAD: Councillors call off protest HYDERABAD, July 16: Members of various union councils, who were on hunger strike outside the press club here against non-payment of honorarium, called off their protest on Thursday ... SHIKARPUR: One outlaw killed, six arrested SHIKARPUR, July 16: An outlaw has been killed and a minor girl injured in an exchange of fire between police and bandits near the Misali village, four kilometres off Garhi Yasin. ... THATTA: Specialist doctors to be appointed soon - Gabol - Vacancies in Sindh govt hospitals THATTA, July 16: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister for Health Malik Faisal Gabol has promised to fill soon vacant posts of specialist doctors in Sindh hospitals running short of them. ... SIALKOT: Agriculture centre in Pasrur inaugurated SIALKOT, July 16: The government will establish agriculture centres in far-flung areas for providing complete technical assistance to growers. ... VEHARI: Over 50 faint in Vehari because of intense heat - Power breakdown VEHARI, July 16: The power supply to Vehari and its adjoining areas could not be fully restored on Friday despite the claim made by Wapda officials in a press release on Thursday. ... JHANG: Murder case against SHO, others ordered JHANG, July 16: The Jhang district and sessions judge has ordered registration of a murder case against the SHO of Qadirpur police station, four constables and two other people. ... MIANWALI: Two girls start defying vani MIANWALI, July 16: Media and non-government organizations have successfully created awareness among women, who have now started defying their elders' pledges to marry them with the persons with whom they had been engaged in their infancy. ... FAISALABAD: Uplift projects to be properly supervized FAISALABAD, July 16: District Nazim Zahid Nazir has claimed that a comprehensive 'Khushal Faisalabad Programme' has been launched in the district to improve the standard of living. ... KHAIRPUR: Canal breach inundates farmland, villages KHAIRPUR, July 16: An embankment of the Ali Bahar Wah, fed from the Mirwah Canal, the largest in Kot Diji taluka, developed a 50-foot-wide breach on Friday morning that widened to 80 feet by noon. ... SWABI: Importance of anti-rabies vaccine after dog-bite stressed SWABI, July 16: Cases of dog-bite are increasing in the district but most of the victims do not receive anti-rabies vaccine. ... MANHSERA: Bodies of two members of research team found MANSEHRA, July 16: The bodies of two missing members of a research team of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, were found in the mountains of the Kaghan valley on Friday. ... PESHAWAR: Flour mills call off strike PESHAWAR, July 16: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has withdrawn its call for a countrywide strike after a meeting with Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in Islamabad on Friday. ... SUKKUR: Sindh-Balochistan accord on canal SUKKUR, July 16: The Sindh and Balochistan governments have agreed in principle on construction of new canals originating from Pat Feeder in Balochistan and water release into the Khirthar Canal ... ISLAMABAD: 'Peace, quality education basic right' ISLAMABAD, July 16: Peace and quality education are the fundamental rights of the people which they have been denied for the last may years. ... MANSHERA: Police accused of harassing people MANSEHRA, July 16: Police and other agencies have started harrassing people after a notification was issued by the Central Board of Revenue for abolishing customs mobile squads and check-posts, sources said. ... HYDERABAD: Rain victims face problem in cheque encashment HYDERABAD, July 16: About 150 people of Khathar, affected by rains last year, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday against refusal of the National Bank of Pakistan, Fatima Jinnah Road branch, to cash their compensation cheques. ... QUETTA: Four levies freed QUETTA, July 16: The Afghan government released all the four levies men on Friday and handed them over to Pakistani officials in Bramcha, a border checkpost in Chagai district. ... MULTAN: Bail of 10 PPP men confirmed MULTAN, July 16: A local court confirmed bail of 10 PPP activists booked under MPO 16 and Section 341 PPC for intercepting vehicle of Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz. ...

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